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December 10, 2025
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“Not seeing results? Feel like giving up? Consider this: the last thing to grow on a fruit tree…is the fruit”

"The last thing to grow on a fruit tree is the fruit" is a motivational saying that has been printed on many images. Authorship is unknown. "Not seeing results? Feel like giving up?…

August 3, 2024
Education/SchoolsWork/Businesses

“Not sure if I actually have free time or just forgetting everything”

"I'm never sure if I actually have free time or if I'm just forgetting everything I have to do" (or "I'm never sure if I actually have free time or if I just keep…

June 17, 2022
Work/Businesses

“Not sure if it’s the end of the world or just Monday”

"Not sure if it's the end of the world or just Monday" is a saying that has been printed on a popular image. Many people hate Mondays, the traditional start of the work week.…

February 20, 2023
Work/Businesses

“Not sure if life is getting better or the amount of fuck I give is decreasing”

"Not sure if life is getting better or the amount of fuck I give is decreasing" is a saying that has been printed on an image. The saying was posted on an image on 9GAG on July 4, 2012.…

February 26, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Not sure why society seems to hate lazy people. They didn’t even do anything”

"Why we hate lazy people? they are not doing anything anyway" is a question that was asked on Twitter by DearDiary on June 4, 2019. "Why is everyone mad at lazy people? They’re not…

May 19, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“Not to be dramatic, but the work week continuously restarting is literally ruining my life”

For many people, the weekend off work goes by too quickly. It's soon Monday again, and another work week cycle. "I don't wanna be dramatic but the work week continuously restarting…

September 26, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Not worth a tinker’s dam” (“Not worth a tinker’s damn”)

"Not worth a tinker's damn" refers to the swearing of tinkers (common laborers who were known to swear often in the early 1800s). The expression means that something is insignificant…

September 26, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Not worth a tinker’s damn” (“Not worth a tinker’s dam”)

"Not worth a tinker's damn" refers to the swearing of tinkers (common laborers who were known to swear often in the early 1800s). The expression means that something is insignificant…

November 22, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Notches on one’s bedpost” (sexual conquests)

In war or in hunting, a person might keep track of kills by making notches in a gun (or somewhere else). "Notches on one's bedpost" is a similar record, but of one's sexual…

December 1, 2019
Work/Businesses

“Nothing is as effective as homeopathy”

Various medical associations have concluded that homeopathy (an alternative medicine) is not effective. "Nothing is as effective as homeopathy" is a saying that was posted on Twitter by…

July 11, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Nothing is impossible with the right attitude and a hammer”

"Nothing is impossible with the right attitude and a hammer" is a jocular motivational saying that has been printed on many images. "All is possible with the right attitude and a…

December 9, 2014
Work/Businesses

“Nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent”

Edward H. Hart, California manager for the Penn Mutual, said the following at the celebration of the company's fifty-fifth anniversary: "Nothing in the world will take the place of the…

November 20, 2025
Restaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“Nothing is more humbling than when you see your face in the self checkout camera”

No one seems to look good in a store's self checkout camera. This has the reputation for making people look even worse than passport photos or driver's license photos. "I never look…

May 20, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Nothing kills a bad product faster than good advertising” (advertising adage)

"Nothing kills a bad product faster/quicker than good advertising" is a popular advertising adage. The adage means that good advertising makes people aware of a product, but if the…

January 5, 2018
Work/Businesses

“Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute”

"Nothing makes a person more productive than the last minute" (or "Nothing makes me more productive than the last minute") is a one-line saying that has been printed on many…

November 24, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Nothing recedes like success”

"Nothing succeeds like success" is a French proverb from the 19th century. "Nothing recedes like success" -- that is, nothing goes away faster than success -- is a jocular…

July 15, 2017
Work/Businesses

“Nothing ruins a Friday more than an understanding that today is Tuesday”

Many people can't wait for Friday. “Nothing screws up your Friday like realizing it’s only Tuesday” is a popular saying, "Nothing fucks up your Friday like realizing that its only…

June 11, 2020
Work/Businesses

“Nothing says a company doesn’t value you like, ‘Dear Valued Customer’”

Some business letters begin, "Dear Valued Customer." However, a truly valued customer would have a letter addressed with a personal name. "Nothing says we don't give a fuck…

February 14, 2014
Work/Businesses

“Nothing says love like something you made”

"Nothing says love/lovin' like something you made/make yourself" is a popular sentiment on Valentine's Day. Something that someone does especially for another person is often…

November 24, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Nothing succeeds like success”

"Nothing succeeds like success" and "fortune favors the fortunate" are proverbs that mean that one success (or fortune) will lead to another. The proverb was popular in 19th…

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